Re: Error: cannot stat VFAT directory

Miek Gieben <[email protected]> Tue, 5 Apr 2005 10:57:37 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.backup.hdup.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
[On 31 Mar, @ 07:29, Andrew wrote in "[hdup-user] Error: cannot stat ..."]
> When I run an hdup (v2.0.7 on Debian) backup on a set of directories from 2
> filesystems (ReiserFS and VFAT), I get this message on only one of the VFAT
> directories:
> 
> /usr/sbin/hdup: WARNING: Cannot stat: /windowsd/save/Personal\ Documents/!
> 
> I can indeed stat that directory, it returns nothing significantly different
> from the other 2 directories on the same filesystem.  No program is using
> that directory that I know of.
> 
> The full dir line for that HOST:
> dir = /home/aji/, /tmp/svndumps/, /windowsd/Data/, /windowsd/save/Personal\
> Documents/, /windowsd/dl/

what happens if you change to order? So that you won't have to
\<space> the space just before the newline? (or is this a wrapping
introduced by my mailer?)

grtz Miek